Dirt Music

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Dirt Music

2004 Paperback Version
Author	Tim Winton
Country	Australia
Language	English
Genre(s)	Fiction
Publisher	Picador
Released	2001
Pages	465
ISBN	ISBN 0330363239

Dirt Music by Tim Winton is a Booker prize shortlisted novel from 2001 and winner of the 2002 Miles Franklin Award. The harsh, unyielding climate of Western Australia dominates the actions and events of this thriller.

Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Literary significance & criticism 3 Album 3.1 Track Listing: 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Plot summary

Georgie the "heroine" of the book, becomes fascinated in watching a stranger attempting to smuggle fish in an area where nobody can maintain secrets for very long; disillusioned with her relationship with the local "hard man" and entrepreneur Jim Buckridge, she contrives a meeting with the "stranger" and soon passion runs out of control between two bruised and emotionally fragile people.

The secret quickly becomes impossible to hide and Jim wants "revenge", whilst the smuggler decamps to the farthest outback to escape a confrontation. His subsequent struggles to survive in the hostile environment and knowing that he must try to literally "cover his tracks" give this book its gripping denouement. At times you can almost feel the thirst, the hunger, the sensation of scorching heat and perspiration in the bush.^[1]

[edit] Literary significance & criticism

[edit] Album

Tim Winton and Lucky Oceans chose the music for the book's "soundtrack". Released in CD form in Australia in 2001, the two disc set includes both bluegrass and classical music. The music is embodied by a quote from the book: "Anything you could play on a verandah. You know, without electricity. Dirt music."

[edit] Track Listing:

Disc One (bluegrass)

1. "Every Morning" performed by Keb' Mo' - 3:00
2. "Long Time Gone" performed by Tim O'brien and Darrell Scott - 3:35
3. "Watching the Wheels" performed by David Hyams - 2:26
4. "Got to Have You be My Man" performed by Rory Black - 2:24
5. "I Remember When I Was Young" performed by Matt Taylor and the White Pointers - 4:28
6. "Down by the Riverbed" performed by Renee Geyer with Uncle Bill - 5:12
7. "I Scare Myself" performed by Mud Crab Trio - 4:26
8. "I'll be Gone" performed by Lucky Oceans - 3:52
9. "Irene Goodnight" performed by Lucky Oceans - 2:08
10. "He Fades Away" performed by June Tabor - 4:27
11. "A River Runs Through My Heart" performed by Broderick Smith - 4:19
12. "Look at the Moon" performed by Lucky Oceans with the White Pointers - 3:52
13. "White Point Breakdown" performed by Lucky Oceans with the White Pointers - 2:00
14. "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" performed by Sensitive New Age Cowpersons - 2:58
15. "I Drew My Ship into the Harbour" performed by Eliza Carthy, John Reed & Tristan Chipolata - 5:34
16. "Kokomo Blues" performed by Ten Cent Shooters - 3:58
17. "Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning" Jim Fisher and the White Pointers - 2:57
18. "One" performed by Lucky Oceans - 1:02
19. "Nobody's Fault but Mine" performed by Matt Taylor and the White Pointers - 3:12
20. "Dirt Floor" performed by Chris Whitley - 2:10

Disc Two (classical)

1. "Djilile" composed by Sculthorpe and performed by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra - 4:33
2. "Symphony No. 5: III. Romanza (Lento)" composed by Vaughan Williams and performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra - 10:56
3. "Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57: III. Scherzo (Allegretto)" composed by Shostakovich and performed by Australia Ensemble - 3:24
4. "St Matthew Passion: No. 53 Befiehl du deine Wege" composed by Bach and performed by the Stuttgary Hymnus Choir & the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra - 1:29
5. "Cantus In Memory of Benjamin Britten" composed by Pärt and performed by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra - 7:40

[edit] References

1. ^ Tim Winton : Dirt Music : Book Review. Mostly Fiction (2003-02-22). Retrieved on 2006-10-22.

[edit] External links

• BBC News Dirt Music paints a bleak picture
• ABC Shop Dirt Music